morally bankrupt
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When man loses the simple faith of his childhood, belief in home, family, and God, he is morally bankrupt. When man is morally bankrupt, he seeks something to live by and is ripe for Communist conversion."
- "Is it morally bankrupt of a company to switch from one generally accepted accounting method to another generally accepted accounting method just because the switch happens to increase reported earnings?"
- "Retreat from governmental protection and from strong advocacy of social justice is caused "by the morally bankrupt political leadership in America." He cited Congressional efforts to maintain a dual, unequal system of public education and lack of enforcement of fair housing."
- "Six years ago, I inherited a Labour Party that was politically, financially and morally bankrupt. I was told, time and time again, that my party was finished."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more morally bankrupt (comparative)
most morally bankrupt (superlative)